Zeichen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan (“sign, symbol”), from Proto-Germanic *taikną, *taiknaz (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ-, *deyḱ- (“to show”). Cognate with Dutch teken, English token, Swedish tecken.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtsaɪ̯çn̩/, /ˈtsaɪ̯çən/
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  • Hyphenation: Zei‧chen
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Noun

Zeichen n (genitive Zeichens, plural Zeichen)

  1. characters, marks, sign
  2. token

Declension
Declension of Zeichen
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Zeichen die Zeichen
genitive eines des Zeichens der Zeichen
dative einem dem Zeichen den Zeichen
accusative ein das Zeichen die Zeichen

Hyponyms
Hyponyms of Zeichen

Derived terms

Further reading
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